Read more about the article Organizing for change
HEA LGBTQ+ Alliance Committee at Voices Unveiled: A Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Student Experiences. From left (top): Rebecca Balaguer, HHS/SAC School Counselor; Lisa White, HMS School Counselor/SAC/GSA; Debra Porowski, HMS Vice Principal; Jeannette Sena, OT/Alliance Chair; Bill Singer, Esq. Bottom from left: Gabriella Graziano-LoPresti, HHS Health Services Secretary; Stephanie Moore, HES/4th grade; Ian Evans, HMS/7th Literacy.

Organizing for change

By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson  Since September of 2021, “Rainbow Connection” has engaged members with resources, methods and support to create safer, more affirming schools for LGBTQIA+ youth,…

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Changing the face of addiction

By Mary Burns The annual Changing the Face of Addiction Walk held in Franklin, Sussex County was started by physical education teacher Elaine Tizzano and me after we lost our…

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Infusing social-emotional learning into academics

By Leigh Cline  “Take out your post-it notes. It’s time for a check in. Let’s do ‘What’s Your Number?” I say to my second graders as I look around the…

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Read more about the article The NJ Labor Management Collaborative “holds space” in Atlantic City
From left: Catherine MacManiman (Westampton EA), Heather Polk (Clifton EA), Keith Presty (Highland Park EA), Martha Orrok (Clifton EA), and Heather Moran (NJ Principals and Supervisors Assn.)

The NJ Labor Management Collaborative “holds space” in Atlantic City

By Kimberly Crane   Educators are less stressed and more productive at work when they are valued and respected by their administration. Administrators and board members are more comfortable partnering…

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Read more about the article Restorative Justice
Shan Byrd is a restorative justice specialist and an NJEA Professional Development consultant.

Restorative Justice

When implementation falls short of the promise  By Shan Byrd  Fed up with a hodgepodge of recycled ideologies, many people are frustrated and confused about what “restorative justice practices” are. As…

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Read more about the article NJEA celebrates 50th anniversary of the NJEA MLK Human Rights Celebration
6. Olive Giles, vice president of the Princeton Regional Educational Support Staff Association, leads an annual event closing tradition: singing “We Shall Overcome.”

NJEA celebrates 50th anniversary of the NJEA MLK Human Rights Celebration

The 50th anniversary of the NJEA Martin Luther King Jr. Human and Civil Rights Celebration was marked on Jan. 12. Four NJEA members and a community organization were honored that…

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Leaders work together at Winter Leadership Conference

Hundreds of NJEA members convene in Atlantic City This past weekend, more than 600 local leaders attended the 2024 NJEA Winter Leadership Conference South in Atlantic City. The mid-winter conference…

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Read more about the article First full-time staff member hired one century ago
From the December 1940 edition of the New Jersey Educational Review (now the NJEA Review).

First full-time staff member hired one century ago

Stella Applegate worked for NJSTA/NJEA from 1923 to 1940  From its founding on Dec. 28, 1853, until 1923, NJEA, then known as the New Jersey State Teachers Association (NJSTA), was…

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Read more about the article NJEA’s democratic structure makes our union strong
D.A. member Sturae Meyers, Camden EA vice president, speaks to a motion at the Nov. 11, 2023 meeting of the D.A.

NJEA’s democratic structure makes our union strong

Since at least 1941, the January edition of what is now called the NJEA Review has published a directory of association committees. While the number of committees and the number…

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